Heroin death case widens

Second person may be charged over overdose

11:32 AM,
Oct. 6, 2012

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A second person has been implicated in the death of a Green Bay man from a heroin overdose last month.

A charge of first-degree reckless homicide is being considered against a 44-year-old man for allegedly providing the heroin that led to the Sept. 22 death of Ryan Cherba, 27. The suspect was arrested early Friday and had a probable cause hearing in Brown County Circuit Court later that day, at which a $50,000 cash bond was set. The man likely will be charged at a hearing Oct. 16.

A 21-year-old Green Bay woman had earlier been suspected of providing the heroin, but that changed after additional ...